For Lisa Baertlein's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
U.S. retailers' traditional lifeline from Asia is freezing up due to a resurgence of COVID-19 in countries like Vietnam and Indonesia plus a power-supply crunch in China.
"The switch to digital used to be seen as a vitamin, now it's a painkiller," says Loadsmart CEO Ricardo Salgado.
Many rural counties have excelled at getting injections into arms fast and efficiently, outpacing big cities despite disadvantages in health care infrastructure.
